Ernest William Osborne

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First Name:

Ernest

Middle Name:

William

Last Name:

Osborne

Alternate Spelling:

Osbourne

Mother's Name:

Bertha Osborne (nee Smith)

Father's Name:

Henry Osborne

Date Enlisted:

Tuesday, November 23, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

56th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British war Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Friday, April 20, 1956

Place of Death:

Wollongong

Details:

Ernest Osborne (Service No 3287) enlisted when he was 22 years old. He was single, and worked as a miner. Henry Osborne, Ernest's father and next of kin, was living in Evans Street, Wollongong, N.S.W.

Ernest embarked from Sydney withthe 30th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement, on HMAT A20 Honorata on 2nd May 1916. On arrival in Egypt Ernest and was 'taken on strength' to the 56th Battalion and served with this Unit on the Western Front.

He seems to have been uninjured but in July 1918 he was admitted to 49th Casualty Clearing station in France with Pneumonia, and then to hospital in England for further treatment.

Ernest returned to Australia in April 1919 and was discharged from the AIF.

In 1921 he married Regina Poole.

Ernest Osborne is remembered on the Unanderra School Roll of Honour.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, OSBORNE ERNEST WILLIAM